| Low Carb at TGI Fridays! Low Carb Ice Cream! | | | | achievement - just like any endeavor, one needs |
| And the best one - Low Carb Beer! I was | | | | to create a sense of urgency everyday. |
| ecstatic. Low carb had finally become mainstream! | | | | 7. Dieting alone - not enlisting the help of a |
| Life would be good from now on... | | | | support network |
| I've been on the Atkins low carb diet for years, | | | | 6. Believing too much of the hype on |
| but was shocked to find earlier in the year that | | | | commercially prepared low carb foods - all the |
| my cholesterol, tri-glycosides, blood pressure and | | | | "net carbs" promotion belies the fact that one |
| weight were all up to unhealthy levels. But wait - | | | | must eat a healthy mix of protein and complex |
| Dr. Atkins had promised that the low carb diet | | | | carbohydrates everyday |
| would solve all these problems AND help me lose | | | | 5. Sliding in and out of low carb living - Yo-yo low |
| weight. Now, I thought, there was low carb | | | | carb dieting is a certain road to getting fatter. |
| everywhere - I could "not have his carbs and eat | | | | Higher fat combined with carbs - certain death! |
| them, too." | | | | 4. Failing to be creative with one's menu choices - |
| But as I and millions of low carb dieters have | | | | Eating the same old eggs and meat everyday |
| found, if you don't do it right, low carb will turn | | | | leads to cheating - for sheerlack of variety |
| into a big health risk. Earlier this year, I began an | | | | 3. Not exercising regularly - Every dieter needs at |
| in-depth search for what was wrong with this low | | | | least four days a week of exercise, especially |
| carb picture. As a result, with my wife, Loretta, | | | | thoseover 30 (most of us!). |
| and I launched LowCarb-Lifestyles to help low | | | | 2. Ignoring the need for self motivation - We |
| carb dieters avoid the pitfalls and mistakes that | | | | need to spend time everyday, (we recommend |
| can come with ignorance and lack of support. | | | | at least 20 minutes per day) |
| offers a new approach based on the Five Keys | | | | 1. Failing to commit to low carb living for the rest |
| to Low Carb Success: Information, Motivation, | | | | of one's life - For long term success, one needs |
| Nutrition, Fitness and Support | | | | to commit to a self disciplined, intentional daily |
| Along with the Five Keys, we discovered the TOP | | | | "Low Carb Lifestyle." Anything less will, for most |
| TEN REASONS WHY LOW CARB DIETERS CAN | | | | of us, end up in weight gain and frustration. |
| END UP GETTING FATTER AND FATTER. | | | | We have concluded that the low carb approach is |
| 10. Not Counting Carbs - Carbs must be counted | | | | absolutely the best system, but we must follow |
| just like calories | | | | certain principles absolutely. Failure to do so will |
| 9. Disregarding a common sense approach - ("I | | | | actually make you fatter while tricking you into |
| can eat as much fat as I like - it's low carb!") | | | | thinking you are on a diet! |
| 8. Failing to develop a clear plan and goals for | | | | |